What I Believe

· Cosimo, Inc.
āŠ‡-āŠŠāŦāŠļāŦāŠĪāŠ•
248
āŠŠāŦ‡āМ
āŠŠāŠūāŠĪāŦāа

āŠ† āŠ‡-āŠŠāŦāŠļāŦāŠĪāŠ• āŠĩāŠŋāŠķāŦ‡

Originally published in 1885, What I Believe is part of series of books by novelist Leo Tolstoy that outline his personal interpretation of Christian theology. After a midlife crisis at age 50, he began to believe in the moral teachings of Christianity, while rejecting mysticism and organized religion. He believed that pacifism and poverty were the paths to enlightenment. His precepts of nonviolence even influenced Mohandas Gandhi. Students of religion, political science, and literature alike will gain new understanding from the ideas presented in this book. Students of literature will get to understand more deeply one of the greatest novelist in history, while those interested in religion and politics can see how Tolstoy's philosophy came to influence the world at large. Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877).

āŠēāŦ‡āŠ–āŠ• āŠĩāŠŋāŠķāŦ‡

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Russia. He is usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He was a Russian author who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. Tolstoy had a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870's which he outlined in his work, A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas of nonviolent resistance which he shared in his works The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a profund impact on figures such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 23, 1862 Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs. She was the daughter of a court physician. They had 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life allowed Tolstoy much freedom to compose War and Peace and Anna Karenina with his wife acting as his secretary and proofreader. The Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union. Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants moved to Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo train station, after a day's rail journey south on November 20, 1910 at the age of 82.

āŠ† āŠ‡-āŠŠāŦāŠļāŦāŠĪāŠ•āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠ°āŦ‡āПāŠŋāŠ‚āŠ— āŠ†āŠŠāŦ‹

āŠĪāŠŪāŦ‡ āŠķāŦāŠ‚ āŠĩāŠŋāŠšāŠūāŠ°āŦ‹ āŠ›āŦ‹ āŠ…āŠŪāŠĻāŦ‡ āŠœāŠĢāŠūāŠĩāŦ‹.

āŠŪāŠūāŠđāŠŋāŠĪāŦ€ āŠĩāŠūāŠ‚āŠšāŠĩāŦ€

āŠļāŦāŠŪāŠūāŠ°āŦāПāŠŦāŦ‹āŠĻ āŠ…āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠŸāŦ…āŠŽāŦāŠēāŦ‡āП
Android āŠ…āŠĻāŦ‡ iPad/iPhone āŠŪāŠūāŠŸāŦ‡ Google Play Books āŠāŠŠ āŠ‡āŠĻāŦāŠļāŦāПāŦ‰āŠē āŠ•āŠ°āŦ‹. āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŪāŠūāŠ°āŠū āŠāŠ•āŠūāŠ‰āŠĻāŦāП āŠļāŠūāŠĨāŦ‡ āŠ‘āŠŸāŦ‹āŠŪāŦ…āПāŠŋāŠ• āŠ°āŦ€āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠļāŠŋāŠ‚āŠ• āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ āŠ›āŦ‡ āŠ…āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŪāŠĻāŦ‡ āŠœāŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ‚ āŠŠāŠĢ āŠđāŦ‹ āŠĪāŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ‚ āŠĪāŠŪāŠĻāŦ‡ āŠ‘āŠĻāŠēāŠūāŠ‡āŠĻ āŠ…āŠĨāŠĩāŠū āŠ‘āŠŦāŠēāŠūāŠ‡āŠĻ āŠĩāŠūāŠ‚āŠšāŠĩāŠūāŠĻāŦ€ āŠŪāŠ‚āŠœāŦ‚āаāŦ€ āŠ†āŠŠāŦ‡ āŠ›āŦ‡.
āŠēāŦ…āŠŠāŠŸāŦ‰āŠŠ āŠ…āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠ•āŠŪāŦāŠŠāŦāŠŊāŦāŠŸāŠ°
Google Play āŠŠāŠ° āŠ–āŠ°āŦ€āŠĶāŦ‡āŠē āŠ‘āŠĄāŠŋāŠ“āŠŽāŦāŠ•āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŪāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŪāŠūāŠ°āŠū āŠ•āŠŪāŦāŠŠāŦāŠŊāŦāŠŸāŠ°āŠĻāŠū āŠĩāŦ‡āŠŽ āŠŽāŦāаāŠūāŠ‰āŠāŠ°āŠĻāŦ‹ āŠ‰āŠŠāŠŊāŦ‹āŠ— āŠ•āŠ°āŦ€āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠļāŠūāŠ‚āŠ­āŠģāŦ€ āŠķāŠ•āŦ‹ āŠ›āŦ‹.
eReaders āŠ…āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠŊ āŠĄāŠŋāŠĩāŠūāŠ‡āŠļ
Kobo āŠ‡-āŠ°āŦ€āŠĄāŠ° āŠœāŦ‡āŠĩāŠū āŠ‡-āŠ‡āŠ‚āŠ• āŠĄāŠŋāŠĩāŠūāŠ‡āŠļ āŠŠāŠ° āŠĩāŠūāŠ‚āŠšāŠĩāŠū āŠŪāŠūāŠŸāŦ‡, āŠĪāŠŪāŠūāŠ°āŦ‡ āŠŦāŠūāŠ‡āŠēāŠĻāŦ‡ āŠĄāŠūāŠ‰āŠĻāŠēāŦ‹āŠĄ āŠ•āŠ°āŦ€āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŪāŠūāŠ°āŠū āŠĄāŠŋāŠĩāŠūāŠ‡āŠļ āŠŠāŠ° āŠŸāŦāаāŠūāŠĻāŦāŠļāŠŦāŠ° āŠ•āŠ°āŠĩāŠūāŠĻāŦ€ āŠœāŠ°āŦ‚āа āŠŠāŠĄāŠķāŦ‡. āŠļāŠŠāŦ‹āаāŦāПāŦ‡āŠĄ āŠ‡-āŠ°āŦ€āŠĄāŠ° āŠŠāŠ° āŠŦāŠūāŠ‡āŠēāŦ‹ āŠŸāŦāаāŠūāŠĻāŦāŠļāŦāŠŦāŠ° āŠ•āŠ°āŠĩāŠū āŠŪāŠūāŠŸāŦ‡ āŠļāŠđāŠūāŠŊāŠĪāŠū āŠ•āŦ‡āŠĻāŦāŠĶāŦāаāŠĻāŦ€ āŠĩāŠŋāŠ—āŠĪāŠĩāŠūāŠ° āŠļāŦ‚āКāŠĻāŠūāŠ“ āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠļāŠ°āŦ‹.

Leo Tolstoy āŠĶāŦāŠĩāŠūāŠ°āŠū āŠĩāŠ§āŦ

āŠ†āŠĻāŠū āŠœāŦ‡āŠĩāŠū āŠœ āŠ‡-āŠŠāŦāŠļāŦāŠĪāŠ•āŦ‹